The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Brussels tells EU states: Ignore UK on post-Brexit trade

Exclusive: Former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson says trying to circumvent Brussels was always going to backfire

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

Eurozone returns to economic growth as inflation falls

GDP also rises in 20-member bloc but German growth remains flat and Italy shrinks

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2023

July set to become world’s hottest month on record: What happened?

July 2023 has broken global temperature records, raising fears about what patterns could next emerge.

Al Jazeera · Jul 31, 2023

EU leader pays rare visit to Philippines after stormy ties with past president over human rights

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is holding talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a sign of improving ties after a stormy period between the EU and his predecessor over human rights

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

UK’s post-Brexit policing pact with EU put at risk by migration laws, say peers

Committee concerned illegal migration legislation will jeopardise sharing with EU of DNA, fingerprinting and criminal records

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Exploitation of care workers in England is ‘appalling’, says government adviser

Brian Bell says ministers have let care system become reliant on low-paid and vulnerable foreign workers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Liberty, equality … embroidery: the political power of textile art

A series of exhibitions this summer and autumn highlight the protest woven into stitchwork

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Europe burns while the Tories’ net zero plans are set to go up in smoke

Rishi Sunak needs to understand that investing in green initiatives is a lot cheaper than flying all his hedge fund manager mates to Mars

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Say hello to longlife tech that can challenge our throwaway culture

We’ve got used to dumping old devices. But a new breed of firms is making products that they hope you will hang on to

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

France's Le Maire presses China on market access and lobbies for electric car investment

The French finance minister says he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2023